The second Enders Island Sacred Art project, Fleur-de-lis, Fun with Acanthus Leaves was another challenging project. We began by tracing the fleur-de-lis designed by Dan Mooney. The lily was gilded with flat and raised gilding which was also tooled. The center of the crossbar was supposed to have a Swarovski crystal, but I didn't realize that and gilded a raised dot.
Painting the intricate leaves trying to get lights, darks, twisting, and movement was going to cause me agita. I mixed colors right out of the tube. Winsor Red and Winsor Prussian Blue. I really liked the Prussian Blue color. The project took us two days to complete.
All our Fleur-de-lis.
13 comments:
Your use of gold is amazing CJ. It looks like a beautiful metal charm you could hang on a bracelet or chain. Nicely done. Enjoy this beautiful day too. hugs-Erika
That would be a lot of bling. The fleur-de-lis measures 4 in. long by 3.5 in. wide. I'm looking forward to the warm weather this week.
So beautiful.
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WOW! You have so much patience!!!! It's stunning!
Not when you have the instructor standing over you and breathing down your neck! 😺
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Beautiful piece of art, well done! Hugs, Valerie
Such delicate work! You must have patience and a steady hand.
I like some of the backgrounds better than others, but I absolutely adore the gold fleur de lis.
Thank you.
And Dan (instructor) kept coming over, Aren't you finished, yet? 😺
The gold is fun to work with and adds pizzaz to a ho-hum piece
Very, very nice :)
All the best Jan
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